PDF malware analysis — malicious · a9b4c3f46b925e1d

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB

MD5: f62a146f1f803a6894b19897b2fadfc7 SHA-1: 4686a314ea4081e75107357b8e6d4a1efbd31797 SHA-256: a9b4c3f46b925e1db55c7b597e03391ffb78d3d477795a3651fbc31f708816c8

218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA content. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded artifact was also flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3, confirming its malicious nature.

Heuristics 7

Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188

PDF contains XFA image data with an inline crafted TIFF payload and shellcode/delivery markers. This is the data-bound variant of the CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader LibTIFF/XFA exploit shape.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `b8f7626ac85ef8154718851c0a8d986b4b2c7584999474eb16fa26a932aa791d`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C	13441 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.